The Young Women's Health CoOp in Cape Town, South Africa: Study protocol for a cluster-randomised trial for adolescent women at risk for HIV

• Main Authors: Wendee M. Wechsberg (Author), Felicia A. Browne (Author), Tara Carney (Author), Bronwyn Myers (Author), Alexandra Minnis (Author), Robert MacDonald (Author), Jacqueline W. Ndirangu (Author), Leslie B. Turner (Author), Brittni N. Howard (Author), Nathaniel Rodman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background South Africa remains the global epicentre of HIV infection, and adolescent women have the highest incidence of HIV in the country. South Africa also has high rates of alcohol and other drug (AOD) use, violence, and gender inequality. Violence converges with AOD use, gender inequi...